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BALTIMORE (WJZ) Construction is well underway at the new Horseshoe Casino downtown. Now two celebrity chefs announce theyre opening a restaurant thereone with some serious Latin flavor.

Jessica Kartalija has more.

As casinos pop up around the country, celebrity chef-inspired cuisine is along for the ride. The new Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore is no exception.

Celebrity chef Aaron Sanchez from the Food Network show Chopped announced Monday hell open a 222-seat taqueria with Chef John Besh, who owns nine restaurants.

Baltimore is one of those cities really going through a renaissance right now and one of the things that really attracted John and I to this market was the idea of sharing Mexican food with an audience that would appreciate it and needs it desperately over here, he said.

Sanchez says the restaurantJohnny Sanchez, a play on both of their nameswill have live music and serve fresh tacos and tostados, as well as cocktails and stiff margaritas.

We want to have a fun restaurant. We want it to be loud; we want it to be a place that makes a statement, said Sanchez.

They also want to make their mark, as Bobby Flay did at Maryland Live.

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Horseshoe Casino Announces Restaurant With 2 Celeb Chefs

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